My Pinspirational #342 DT orange and black color combo project on 1 Oct 2026

 Welcome to Becca's Heart for Creativity!, a personal crafting blog!

who: Hello! I'm Becca S, a 60+ year old artsy-craftsy blogger, who is a design team member for Pin-spirational Challenges. This is my husband's birthday month and I have about a week to make his card and figure out a gift! :) <3 

where: Pin-spirational Challenges is owned by Deanne and this year she is using Pinterest photos for color combo image prompts for each monthly session in 2026. Orange and black is the combo for #342. 

when: #342 is the October 2026 challenge session for Pin-spirational.

why: I am a design team member for Deanne's Pin-spirational. Her overall theme for 2026 for this crafting challenge blog is color combinations. 

what: orange and black color combo theme

how-to and/or vendor details:

1. orange =

a. orange and white cording = Crafter's Square

b. Pumpkin Spice (mini stamp/ink pad) = Lawn Fawn (used for the stenciling/distress ink look on my arch homemade stencil; and used to stamp the flower)

c. orange colored pencil = Marvy Uchida (used for the flower and some little areas on the leaves; trying to show some variegation)

d. orange fine tip marker = Jot (used to stencil trace the inside edge of my homemade arch/window stencil)

2. black = 

a. white thread was inked using a black marker = Sharpie (wadded up the thread on top of some scrap paper and then inked/tie-dyed the white ----> black)

b. black stamp pad = Hero Arts (lightly applied)

c. mini black enamel dot sticker = Simple Stories

OTHERS:

3. white A2 fold on left side cardstock base = w/ envelope = sold in pack = Crafter's Square

4. yellow-orange enamel dot sticker = Simple Stories

5. green, yellow and red colored pencils = stash box/Marvy Uchida; used for flower, stem and leaves

6. 'I will always pick you' stamp + flower stamp = "Freshly Picked" five piece clear stamp set by Pinkfresh Studio (NBUS; first time to use both of these stamps!!!)

LINK-UPs:

1A. NBUS or Never Before Used Schtuff; new on October 1st; theme is the blog title; share your new stuff; I placed an order in Sept 2026 to Scrapbook Pal and the Pinkfresh Studio's "Freshly Picked" stamp set was one of my purchases. 

link = https://mynbus.blogspot.com/2026/10/nbus-challenges-91.html

1B. Crafty Catz; new on Sept 25/week 2 of 2; theme of anything goes

link = https://craftycatzweeklychallenge.blogspot.com/2026/09/crafty-catz-720-atg.html

1C. The Crafting Challenge; new on Oct 1; theme of Autumn Halloween; My friendship card has autumn colors: lots of orange/peach tones, a bit of black, (bit of greens, yellow and red for changing leaves of the flower)

link = https://thecraftingchallenge.blogspot.com/2026/10/autunno-hallowen.html

1D. Word Art Wednesday; new on Sept 30 & open for 2 weeks; Anything Goes that is God-honoring; I'm sharing this CAS style stamped (& some stenciling) friendship card. 

link = https://wordartwednesday.blogspot.com/2026/09/anything-goes-weeks-772-773.html

1E. I Spy With My Little Eye; opened on Sept 16/still open; theme of background text and/or sentiment; I'm sharing this CAS style stamped (& some stenciling) friendship card. The sentiment is stamped over the traced/stenciled arch. 

link = https://www.simplyellibelle.com/2026/09/i-spy-with-my-little-eye-added-text.html

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Crafting in the USA heartland,

Becca S

Pin-spirational #342 direct blog post link = 

https://pinspirationalchallenges.blogspot.com/2026/10/pinspirational-challenge-342-october.html

*DT member only = PRS and Pin-spirational owned by Deanne

*owner/DT = CCC; ConBC; AA; HQCB, HQCOLCB, HQFCB, HQFSCAT, and HQLQCB; plus FQCB, FQCCCB, FQGS, FQGGCB, FQHCB. & new on Sept 15th = HQPIPC or Heart's Quest Pretty in Pink Challenges